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Gene Siskel

1946 - 1999

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Eugene Kal Siskel (January 26, 1946 – February 20, 1999) was an American film critic and journalist for the Chicago Tribune who co-hosted movie review television series alongside colleague Roger Ebert. Siskel started writing for the Chicago Tribune in 1969, becoming its film critic soon after. In 1975, he was paired with Roger Ebert to co-host a monthly show called Opening Soon at a Theater Near You airing locally on PBS member station WTTW. In 1978, the show, renamed Sneak Previews, was expanded to weekly episodes and aired on PBS affiliates across the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gene Siskel has received more than 2,772,580 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Gene Siskel is the 71st most popular presenter (down from 64th in 2019), the 11,807th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,309th in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Presenter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRESENTERS

Among presenters, Gene Siskel ranks 71 out of 143. Before him are Terry Wogan, Sergey Dorenko, Drew Carey, Erez Tal, Gretchen Carlson, and Dr. Demento. After him are Gavin McInnes, Nikolay Baskov, Al Sharpton, Matt Lucas, Nadia Hasnaoui, and Monty Hall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Gene Siskel ranks 751. Before him are Anne-Marie Garat, Ed Markey, Jim Webb, Uroš Marović, Andreas Kunz, and Julie Covington. After him are Loudon Wainwright III, John M. Lounge, Alexandra Bastedo, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Susan Saint James, and Kiril Ivkov. Among people deceased in 1999, Gene Siskel ranks 308. Before him are Lagumot Harris, Guy Tunmer, Harry Edison, Vere Bird, Guy Mitchell, and Marguerite Chapman. After him are Albert Charles Smith, William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, Ntsu Mokhehle, Gene Sarazen, Skip Spence, and Harry Blackmun.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gene Siskel ranks 11,807 out of 20,380. Before him are Roy Brown (1925), Jennifer Syme (1972), Leslie Feinberg (1949), Leonard Jimmie Savage (1917), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (1989), and Jennifer Egan (1962). After him are Tip O'Neill (1912), Stockton Rush (1962), Angela Kinsey (1971), Bobby Lashley (1976), Lisa Lopes (1971), and Donna Dixon (1957).

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Among PRESENTERS In United States

Among presenters born in United States, Gene Siskel ranks 39. Before him are Jesse James (1969), Jerry Doyle (1956), Al Franken (1951), Drew Carey (1958), Gretchen Carlson (1966), and Dr. Demento (1941). After him are Al Sharpton (1954), Maury Povich (1939), Fred Allen (1894), Don Cornelius (1936), Dennis Miller (1953), and Wendy Williams (1964).

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